Re: [LEAPSECS] building consensus

From: Ed Davies <ls_at_EDAVIES.NILDRAM.CO.UK>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:38:44 +0100

Rob Seaman wrote:
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 2:03 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
>
>> In the UK in 1750, there were two different Julian calendars in
>> use: the
>> day and month enumeration matched, but year numbers changed at
>> different
>> dates (1st January in Scotland, 25th March in England and Wales).
>
> I've heard this said, but what exactly does this mean from the point
> of view of the people of the time? Could see how the 1st of any
> month would be as good as any other for marking the count of years.
> But presumably you are saying something like that the sequence of
> dates was:
>
> 22 March 1750
> 23 March 1750
> 24 March 1750
> 25 March 1751
> 26 March 1751
> 27 March 1751
>
> Right?

Yes, I think that's right. And, as I understand it, we still keep
that change of year in mid-month but now it's on April 5th for the
change of tax year. When we switched from the Julian to the Gregorian
calendar the tax year was kept the same length so its date changed.
The tax year we're now in is designated as 2006/07, though, to avoid
confusion.

Ed.
Received on Wed Jun 07 2006 - 13:43:37 PDT